Lorgnette.



UNITED` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFBEDPANEY, F PIEBMONT, ANI) JOSHUA W. MAYBE, QF NEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID SPANEY ABSIGNQB T0 SAID um.

LoneNnr'rn.

Speotoation of Letters Patent.

Application tiled September 22, 1911. Serial No. 650,698.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Amance SrANl-:Y and JosllUA W. Maven, citizensot the United States, residing, respectively, at Piel-mont,

Rockland county, State of New York, and at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lorgnettes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification. Our invention relates to improvements in jewelry and the same has for its object more articularly to provide an eye glass 1n the orm of a lorgnette, which, when ynot in use, may be suspended from a chain and worn as a medallionor plaque.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a lorgnette comprising a frame consisting of two similarly shaped lens-rre,- ceiving sections which are so arranged relatively to each other that when the same are brought together they will jointly form a structure of substantially circular outline orl la ue.

urt er, said invention has for its .object p to provide a lorgnette comprising two semicircular lens-receiving 'frame sections which are pivotally connected at their corresponding ends adjacent to their straightmeeting edges, and which are provided at their opposite ends with locking means for securing said sections together; toform a symmetrical circular medallion or plaque to be worn sus ended from a suitable support.

vurther,said invention has for its object to provide avlorgnette frame comprising a pair of correspondingly shaped frame see- 40 tions having means thereon to receive jewels or other ornamenting devices which serve to render the article lattractive in appearance, and at the same -time serve to conceal or render obscure the mechanical features for pivotally connectin said sections and securing the same toget er.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, our invention consists in the novel details of construction and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in the s eciication and then pointed out in the c aims.

In the accompanying drawings,forming part-of this speoiiicatiomwhern like ntion 15 which are connected together att eir opposite ends by short, diagonal portions 16,l

having the appearance of a fiat medallion' -tions 14 and 16* areprovided with cylinto receive, screws 19 for maintainlng ends secured together in order to retain the ilens 13 within. said frame.

merals of reference indicate like parts, Fig.' ure 1 is a face view showing one form of lor nette constructed according to, and embo ying our'said invention; the same'being shown with its frame sectionssecured together to form a medallion or plaque; Fig. 2 is a face view showin thedevlce o en and extended for use as a orgnette, an Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail rear view showing a portion of the adjoining ends of the frame 05 sections, and the locking device for securing the parts together.

In said drawings 10 designates the lorgnette as a whole consisting essentially of two correspondingly shaped semi-circular sections 11, 12, each of which is adapted' to receive a lens 13, 13. Each of said frame sections 11, 12 comprises a substantially. semi-circular portion 14, and a straight or- 16. Each of the .diagonal portions 16 is severed from its semi-circular ortion 14, at 17, and the abutting end s of sald frame por drical bearings 18, 18", respectively, adapted said 20, 20 denote members extending from 85 the bearin 18 and the inner or lower ends of the semi-circular frame sections 14. Said -members 20 are arranged substantially in alinement with the straight portions 15 of the frame sections, and are pivotally secured at their outer ends by means of a pin 21.

22 denotes' a s ring arranged in the hinged portion of t e members 20, 20 which serves to maintain the frame members 11, 12 95 `extended for use as a lorgnette.

,stralght member 15 of the frame section 11.

The said member 24 is provided at its end 105 with a pivoted link or loop 25 which is adaptedto receive a chain 4or other suitable means for suspendin the article about the neck of the wearer w en the device -is worn e8 a medallion or plaque. The rear ofthe 11o' member 24, adjacent to its point of securement to the frame section 11, is recessed, and in said recessed portion is pivotally secured a detent 26 having a. finger-portion 27 extending through the side of the member 24, and a toe 28 which also projects through said members and is adapted to engage with the recess 23 in the end of the frame seetlon 12. Y

,29 denotes a spring having one end secured to the inner rear side of the member 24, and. its free end bearing upon the detent 26 adjacent to its pivoted end whereby to maintain the toe 28 on said detent normally projected. Thec ornamental member 24 has its free edge-30 so consti'ucted and arranged that when the frame sections 11, 12 are brought together with their straight edges or portions in contact, the diagonal free edge of said member 24 will conform to, and contact with the diagonal portion 16 of the frame member 12,and thus produce a symmetrical a pearing device.

In the form s own, at FigJl the frame sections 11, 12 are locked together, so that the device may be worn as a medallion, and Vsuspended by a chain, or other device, passing through the link 25 thereon. When it is desired to utilize the device asa lorgnette, it merely becomes necessary to release the toe 28 ofthe detent 26 of its engagement with the recess 23 in the frame section 12, whereupon the spring 22 arrangedupon the pivot pin 21 will cause said frame sections to spring apart and assume the position indicated at Fig. 2. When used as a lorgnette, the member 24, together with the attaching or suspending link 25, serve asa handle portion for holding the device. The

portions 14, 15, 16 and 16 of the frame, as' well as the members 20, 20 and 24, may be provided with suitable ,settings to receive gems 31, or be otherwise ornamented so as to harmonize with the sha c and construction of the lorgnette as we as with the material of which it is formed.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim and desire to secuieby Letters Patent, is:

1. A lorgnette comprising a pair of frame sections pivotally connected together and having conforming edges, lenses in said .frame sections, and locking'means for securing sa1d frame sections together with their conformin edges in contact, substantially as specific y 2. A lorgnette comprising a air of similar1y shaped frame sections aving conforming edges, and pivotally connected at their corresponda ends, lenses in said frame sections, an .locking means at the opposite ends of said frame sections for securing the same together with their conforniing edges in contact, substantially as specified. Y

3. A lorgnette comprising two semi-circular frame sections, each having a straight edge, and pivotally connectedtogether at their corresponding ends adjacent to their straight edges, lenses in said frame sections, and a locking device arranged at the opposite end of one of said frame sections adapted to engage with the corresponding end ofA the other of said frame sections foi' securing the same together with 'their straight edges in contact, substantially as specified.

4. A lorgnette comprising two semi-circular frame sections each having a straight edge, lenses in said frame sections, members extending from the corresponding ends of said frame sections and pivotally connected together at their outerends, a member projecting from the o posite end'of one of said frame sections, an a locking device carried by said last-mentioned iframe member adapted to engage with the corresponding vend of the other of said frame sections for securing the same together with their straight edges in contact, substantially as specified.

5. A lorgnette comprising two semi-circular frame sections each having a straight edge, lenses in said. frame sections, members extending from the corresp'ondin ends of said frame sections in line wit the straight edges of said frame sections and pivotally connected together at their outer ends, a member projecting from the opposite end of one of said frame sections, a suspending device secured to the end of said member, and a locking device carried by `said last-mentioned frame member adapted to 'en age with the correspondin end of the ot er of said frame sections or securing the saine together with their straight edges in contact, substantially as specile 6. A lorgnette comprising two semicircu 5 lar frame sections having conforming edges, lenses in said frame sections, members extending from the corresponding ends of said iframe sections and pivotally united at their .louter ends, a member extending from the opposite end of onel of said frame sections, a spring actuated locking device arranged upon said member, and means provided upon thewcoiresponding .end of the other of said frame sections ada be "engaged b y said locking device w en said frame sections ar( brought together with their conforming edges in contact, substantially asspecified.

7 A lorgnette comprising two semi-circu lar frame sections having conforming straight edges, lenses in said frame sections, members extending from the corresponding ends of said Iframe sections and pivotally united at their outer ends, a member extending from the opposite end of one of said 'frame sections, a detent arranged upon said member, a. spring for maintaining said detcnt normally projected to engage -witli a recess in the corresponding end of the other of said frame sectionsl when the. same are brought together with their conforming edges in contact, and a spring for maintaining said frame sections extended when'said locking device is released, substantially as specified.

A lorgnette comprising a pair of frame sections pivotall connected together and having conforming edges, lenses in ksaid frame sections, and locking means for securing said frame sections together with their Signed at the city of New Y'ork, borough 15 of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, this fth day of September, nineteen hundred and eleven.

ALFRED SPANEY. JOSHUA W. MAYER.

Vitnessesz FRANK H. WELLS, JOHN H. Buon. 

